Dario Dester

Dario Dester

Dester, 2022
Personal information
National team	Italy
Born	(2000-07-22) 22 July 2000 (age 24) Gavardo, Italy
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Combined events
Club	C.S. Carabinieri
Coached by	Pietro Frittolie
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Decathlon: 8235 (2024) Heptathlon: 6076 (2021)

Dario Dester (born 22 July 2000) is an Italian decathlete, current national record holder of the decathlon outdoor and heptathlon indoor. ^[1]

Career

On August 16, 2022, at the Munich 2022 European Championships he beat the decathlon Italian record of Beniamino Poserina which had stood for 26 years. ^[2]

Statistics

National records

• Heptathlon: 6076 pts (Ancona, 21 February 2021) ^{[3] [4]} - Current holder
  • 60 m: 7.02 / 875, long jump: 7.66 / 975, shot put: 14.03 / 730, high jump: 2.01 / 813;
  • 60 m hs: 8.13 / 949, pole vault: 5.00 / 910, 1000 m: 2:44.53 / 824.
• Decathlon: 8235 pts (Rome, 11 June 2024) ^[5] - Current holder
  • 100m: 10.76 (7) 915; long jump: 7.32 (16) 891; shot put: 12.43 (23) 633; high jump: 2.02 (3) 822; 400m: 48.43 (8) 888
  • 110m hs: 14.28 (4) 939; discus throw: 41.00 (18) 685: pole vault: 4.90 (7) 880; javelin throw: 63.66 (4) 793; 1500m: 4:23.36 (5) 789

Personal Best Events

Event	Performance	Venue	Date	Points
100 m	10.65	Hypo-Meeting	31 May 2025	993
Long jump	7.61 m	Arona, Tenerife	12 June 2021	962
Shot put	14.56 m	Munich	15 August 2022	763
High jump	2.07 m	Saronno	27 April 2019	868
400 m	47.70	Arona, Tenerife	4 June 2022	924
110 m hs	14.11	Modena	25 April 2022	960
Discus throw	43.04 m	Munich	16 July 2022	727
Pole vault	4.95 m	Saronno	29 May 2021	895
Javelin throw	57.24 m	Munich	16 August 2022	687
1500 m	4:28.64	Grosseto	1 May 2022	754

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Rank	Event	Performance	Notes
2021	European Indoor Championships	Toruń	7th	Heptathlon	5835 pts
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn	4th	Heptathlon	7935 pts	NU23R
2022	European Championships	Munich	6th	Decathlon	8218 pts	NR
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul	–	Heptathlon	DNF

National titles

Dester has won four national championship at individual senior level. ^{[6] [7]}

• Italian Athletics Championships
  • Decathlon: 2020, 2022
• Italian Athletics Indoor Championships
  • Heptathlon: 2021, 2022

See also

• Italian records in athletics
• Italian all-time lists - Decathlon

References

1. Dario Dester at World Athletics
2. "Europei di Atletica, meraviglia Dester: è nuovo primato italiano nel decathlon". ilfaroonline.it (in Italian). 16 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
3. "Dester, record italiano nell'eptathlon. E ora sogna le Olimpiadi" (in Italian). laprovinciacr.it. 22 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
4. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021 - EPTATHLON UOMINI - RISULTATI" (in Italian). fidal.it. 21 February 2021. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
5. "Men Decathlon - Event Summary". european-athletics.com. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
6. "CAMPIONATI ITALIANI ASSOLUTI INDOOR - Ancona, 20 e 21 febbraio 2021". fidal.it. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
7. "2021 Italian Athletics Championships - Results" (in Italian). fidal.it. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021.

External links

• Dario Dester at World Athletics
• Dario Dester at the Italian Athletics Federation (in Italian)